Noodle making machine



July 11, 1939. H. c. MUN

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NOODLE MAKING MACHINE Filed March 5, 1938 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

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daily. A small producer manufactures his supply fully set forth, and consists of two pairs of spaced 10 Patented July 11, 1939 Z UNH@ STATES ETENT OFFIQE NOODLE MAKING MACHINE Henry Chan Mun, San Francisco, Calif.

Application March 5, 1938, Serial No. 194,151

4 Claims. (Cl. 10T-12) This invention relates to noodle making madepressed so as to form a semicircular cylindrical chines, or the like, and it consists of the comopen container 3. An additional table surface 5 binations, constructions, and arrangements hereis provided beyond the container 3 which serves inafter to be described and claimed. for the purpose of mixing and manipulating 5 Noodle making process requires various steps dough. 5 which heretofore were formed by separate ma- The opposite end 6 of the table 2 is downwardly chines. The latter are of considerable size and inclined and carries a roller mechanism '1. The expensive and are exclusively used by conlatter is for the purpose of repeated crushing and cerns which produce great quantities of noodles maxing of noodle dough, as it will be subsequently manually or with the assistance o very primitive guides 9 attached at right angles to the inclined implements, such as a pan, board, beater, knife, portion 6 of the frame. Each pair of guides slidetc. It is the purpose of this invention to produce ably coniines therein an upper slidable block lil a small, compact and inexpensive noodle making a lower block II, and a compression spring i2 l5 machine capable of producing twenty-live to fifty therebetween for the purpose of yieldably spacing 15 pounds of noodles per day. said blocks. Bearings lll are secured in said Another object of my invention is to produce a blocks II in alignment with each other, and ronoodle making machine which mixes the dough, tatably carry a lower roller I5. A roller I6 is attens and reduces it to uniform thickness, cuts locatedrin spaced and parallel relation to said it in strips of uniform width, and if desired, cuts roller I5 and is rotatably supported by a pair 20 the strips into predetermined lengths. of aligned bearings I8, which in turn are carried Still another object of my invention is to proby the slidable blocks I0. The distance between vide a machine of the type described which is the rollers l5 and I6 may be adjusted by means simple in construction and operation, durable of screws 2|] bearing upon the blocks Il) and and efficient for the purpose intended. threaded through the top plate 2l. Means is 25 In the drawings: provided for simultaneous adjustment of both Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine conscrews 20 and consists of gears 23 pinned therestructed in accordance with the teachings of my to, a chain 24 ,operatively connecting said gears,

invention. and a handle 25. Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 3. From the above description it is evident that by 30 Figure 3 is a view of a portion of the machine, operating the handle 25 the distance between said in the direction of the arrow 3 of Figure 1. rollers I5 and I6 may be easily changed, and the Figure 4 is a plan View of the cutting mechanism rollers I5 and. I6 will remain in parallel relationof the machine. ship. Figure 5 is a section along the line 5 5 of Fig- Means are provided for individual adjustment 35 ure 4. of `each end of the upper rollerY I6 consisting of a Figure 6 is a partial side elevation of the macross piece 28 welded or otherwise secured to chine showing the side opposite of that shown each end of the top plate 2i. The cross piece 23 in Figure l. extends beyond the outer walls of the guides 9,

o Figures 7, 8 and 9 are schematic illustrations of and is connected thereto by means of screws 30, 40 various steps of the noodle making process. around which compressed springs 3| are placed.

Figure l0 is a side elevation of a strip cutting 'Ihe latter yieldably keep the top plate 2l andy mechanism. associated therewith adjustable screws 23, in de- Figure 11 is a side elevation of Figure 10. sired spaced relation to the guides 9, which may Generally my machine consists of an adjustable be adjusted by screws 33. Therefore, each end 45 means, preferably a pair of rollers, designed to of the upper roller I6 may be adjusted by means crush the noodle dough and flatten it to a desired of the screws 30, and the roller I6 may be bodily thickness, and of means for cutting a iiattened moved to or from the lower roller I5 by means ribbon of dough into long strips. If desired of the screws 20, and associated therewith gears means for cutting strips into desired lengths may A23, chain 24, and the handle 25. 50 also be provided, as well as means for convenient As clearly shown in Figures 3 and 6 the lower handling of the dough while the latter is repeatroller I5 is driven by means of a large pulley 35 edly passed through the rollers. aflixed to one end thereof of said roller. The

In detail, my machine consists of a frame I pulley 35 is connected by means of a belt or chain supporting a flat table 2, one end of which is 36 with a small pulley 31. The latter is iixedly 55 carried by a shaft 38 which shaft also carries a large diameter pulley 39. The latter is driven by an electric motor 40 through a belt or chain connection 4|.

The roller I5 also carries a gear 43 fixedly attached to it, which meshes with a gear 44. 'Ihe latter is free to rotate about a shaft and in turn meshes with an idler gear 46 which is revolvably carried by a lever 41, fulcrumed about the shaft 45. The lever is yieldably urged to the right, looking at Figure l, by a spring 49 so that the gear 46 is in constant mesh with the gear 50 xedly carried by the roller I6. Therefore, rotation of the roller I5 is transmitted by gears 43, 44, 46 and 50 to the roller I6.

An operator prepares a certain amount of dough which, for the purpose of making noodles, should be of a heavy consistency and spreads it more or less flat on the table 2. Then he moves the dough to the rollers I5 and I6, and by means of an electric switch 52 starts the motor 40. The rollers start to rotate, and gradually pull the dough therebetween, crushing and fiattening it into a ribbon of substantially even thickness.

In order to insure separation of dough from the roller I5 I provide a stationary scraper 53 which is integral with a slide 54, and is attached by means of screws 55 to an angle bar 56. The latter extends between the supporting plates 51, which are secured to the guides 9. A spring pressed scraper 59 fulcrumed at 60 cleans the adjustable upper roller I6 and directs dough upon the lower scraper 53, from which it travels onto an apron 62 pivoted to the supports 63. The supports 63 are attached to the frame I, and are slightly inclined upwardly, and removably carry a receptacle 65.

A wooden roller 61 is rotatably arranged on said supports 63 and tangentially to the apron 62. The roller 61 is driven by a pulley 68 carried by said roller and a belt 69 connecting said pulley with a pulley 10 of the same diameter as that of the pulley 68, and carried by a lower roller I5. Due to the fact that the diameters of the pulleys 68 and 10 are equal, as well as the diameters of the rollers 61 and I5, the latter move with the same peripheral speed.

After leaving the slide 54, the ribbon of dough, as illustrated in Figure '7, slides over the apron 62 and into the receptacle 65. Usually it is manually removed from said receptacle and passed several times through the rollers I5 and I6, each time the said rollers being brought closer by means heretofore described. When the ribbon of dough becomes sufliciently thin, it is permitted to roll on a spare floating roller 12, which after the rst roll having been manually done, is placed in abutting position with the roller 61, which roller forces, by means of friction, the roller I2 to rotate in direction indicated by the arrow.

The inclined position of the supports 63 forces V the roller 12, which rolls on top of said supports,l

into close contact with the roller 61 thereby providing sufficient friction therebetween for rotation of the roller 12. When the whole ribbon of dough is passed through the rollers, if desired, the roller 12 with the ribbon of dough rolled thereon is placed into the open container 3 so that the ends of the shaft 'I3 of said roller rest in the rounded slots 15 in the upstanding rims 16 of the table 2, and the ribbon of dough is passed again between the rollers I5 and I6 and is wound on another roller 12. When the ribbon of dough has become sufficiently thin, the apron 62 is swung into inoperative position, and dough is passed onto cutting mechanism as shown in Figure 9.

The cutting mechanism is located beneath and slightly in front of the rollers I5 and I6, and it consists of two parallel shafts 11 and 18, supported in spaced relation by the bearing plates 19. Each shaft carries a number of cutting discs of large diameter and a number of spacing discs 8| of comparatively small diameter, the discs 86 and 8| being of the same thickness. The discs and 8| are so arranged on the shafts 'I1 and 18, that the cutting discs of one shaft enter the spaces between the cutting discs of another shaft, but it shall be noted that a cutting disc of one shaft does not contact a spacing disc of another shaft, there being a slight space between them. The cutting mechanism is driven by a pulley 63 attached to the shaft 11 and a belt 84 connecting said pulley with a driven pulley 85. The latter is afxed to the shaft 38, which is driven by the motor 46 as has been heretofore described. A clutch 86 is arranged on the shaft 38 by means of which the pulley S5 may be operatively connected to or disconnected from said shaft at the will of the operator. Any clutch may be employed for that purpose.

rlJhe shaft 11 carries on the other end thereof a gear 81 which meshes with the gear 88 carried by the shaft 18, hence both shafts uniformly rotate in opposite directions.

When a thin ribbon of dough, being directed onto the cutting mechanism, passes therethrough, it will be cut by the discs 8U into narrow strips as shown in Figure 9, which thereafter may be manually or mechanically cut into desired lengths.

Means are provided to prevent sticking of dough strips to the spacing disc 8 I said means consisting of two comb-shaped members 96, having teeth 9| adapted to enter spaces between the cutting discs S6 and to yieldably contact the discs 8|. The comb-shaped members 66 are pivoted about the shafts 93 and are formed with depending levers 94. The latter are connected by a tension spring 95 forcing the teeth 9| to exert certain pressure upon the spacing discs 8|. The teeth 9| direct all strips of dough downwardly where it may be cut into desired lengths manually, or by any mechani cal means, such as shown in Figures l0 and ll.

The strip cutting means shown in Figures l0 and 1l. consist of two guard plates |66 and IUI the lower ends of which are arranged in close proximity to each other so as to leave only a narrow discharge opening |62 therebetween. A reciprocating knife |63 extending all the length of the cutting mechanism is provided to rapidly move across said opening |62, and to cut the noodle strips at certain intervals of time.

The knife |63 is supported by a pair of arms |05 affixed to a bar |66 extending between the bearing plates 19. One end of the bar |66 extends through the bearing plate 19 and terminates with a spring-pressed lever |61 affixed thereto, one end |63 of which is adapted to ride over the cam H6. The latter is aflixed to a gear I I2 which is in mesh with the gear 88 of the cutting mechanism. The gear I|2 is carried by the bearing plate 19, and provision is made in the form of a slot H3 to accommodate gears of various diameters and thereby vary the time interval between the cutting movements of the knife |63, and therefore the length of the strips of dough.

I claim:

1, A noodle making machine comprising a frame; a table surface supported thereby; a roller the frame adjacent to one end of a pair of dough breaking rollers adapted to draw said table surface and adapted to hold a strip of dough into a ribbon; means for winding said ribdough wound thereupon; a pair of spaced rollers bon upon a roller comprising a pair of inclined supported by the frame at the other end of the parallel spaced supports attached to the frame; a

5 table surface; said rollers being adapted to break, stationary roller carried by said supports and 5 mix, and draw dough into a thin ribbon; a power rotated at the same peripheral speed as the driven roller; a free rotating roller adapted to dough breaking rollers; an apron directing the have said ribbon of dough wound therearound and ribbon of dough from the dough breaking rollers means for forcing the latter roller into frictional to the stationary roller; and a floating roller hav- 10 engagement with the power driven roller. ing its ends freely resting on said supports, said 10 2. A noodle making machine Comprising a floating roller being adapted to have the ribbon of and adapted to mainframe; a table surface supported thereby; a roller dough Wound thereupon supported by the frame adjacent to one end of Vtain frictional engagement between said ribbon of said table surface and adapted to hold a strip of dough and the stationary roller.

15 dough wound thereupon; a pair of spaced rollers 4. In a noodle making machine having a frame, 15 supported by the frame at the other end of the a pair of dough breaking rollers adapted to draw table surface; said rollers being adapted to break, dough into a ribbon; means for winding said ribmix, and draw dough into athin ribbon; astationbon upon a roller at the same linear speed at ripheral speed as which the ribbon leaves the dough breaking rollary roller driven at the same pe the dough breaking rollers; an apron guiding the ers, comprising a roller driven at the same'angular 20 s, a floating ribbon of dough from the dough breaking rollers speed as the dough breaking roller to the stationary roller, and a floating roller roller adapted to have the ribbon of dough wound adapted to have the ribbon of dough wound therethereupon; and means for forcing said ribbon of around, and to move away from the stationary dough, wound on the floating roller, into fricroller while said ribbon of dough is wound theretional engagement with said POWBY dIVel 1201181?. 25

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3. In a noodle making machine having a frame, HENRY CHAN MUN.

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